Honey, Nature’s First Sweetener

Honey, a gift of countless bees buzzing over fields of flowers, was the main sweet food in ancient times, long before cane sugar was known. It is the sweet liquid made by worker bees from the nectar secreted by certain plants and flowers, such as thyme or rosemary, alfalfa or clover. It was once thought that honey was a magical substance and that gods who drank it were made immortal. Dionysus, the god of wine, is said to have found the streams of Mount Parnassus running with honey. And the Romans ate honey as part of their New Year celebrations.

The Canada Agriculture Museum has a virtual exhibit about bees and pollination—which is “needed for about one-third of our food crops.” Certain crops, such as apples, pears, and blueberries are “highly dependent on bees for pollination.” The exhibit tells us about bee products, such as wax, royal jelly, pollen, and venom. In traditional Chinese medicine, according to notes from the virtual display, eating royal jelly is said to increase energy and prolong youthfulness. And propolis has “antimicrobial properties, which help keep the beehive sterile.”

Welcome!

On this website I will in different ways express what I think gives meaning to life and also what might be a challenge.

It may include the need for sustainable development for our planet, or various questions about our health and mental well-being.

To be truthful, to be good, to have patience and compassion, are spiritual qualities that are a part of my cultivation of self through Falun Gong /Falun Dafa, the way of insights. To refine and improve myself to a better, more compassionate human being gives my life great meaning.

I also bring up more difficult issues , like the persecution of Falun Gong and others in China and explain more about the mentality of the Chinese regime. We can never forget about the Human Rights!

What's important is also everything that makes life beautiful; as good thoughts, beautiful music, healthy food, beautiful art and beautiful scenery. And loving relationships.

I hope you will find something that might interest you in this blog and perhaps brighten up your day or give you a new understanding.

~ "Experience has taught me that the greatest inner tranquility comes from developing love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warm-hearted feeling for others automatically puts our mind at ease. It helps remove our own fears and insecurities and gives us strength to face obstacles." Dalai Lama

~ "Emotional intelligence is the ability to take on another person’s perspective. With that achievement comes empathy, sympathy, altruism, the reduction of stress and a kind of wisdom that is in many ways more important than IQ." Jonny Bowden

~ "The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them." Socrates

~ "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be." Albert Einstein

Insights

- Man's sense of loneliness comes from being separated from his True Self and the community that exist at that level of the Universe. Solitude is thus an illusion we live in because of our ego and our selfish me, that separates us from the harmony of the soul and the universe and higher forms of life.

- By striving and wanting we create emotions that makes us selfish. I want this, I want that... Look at this in a conflict situation... Unselfishness looks at the best for everybody, me and others included. And if needed I can give up my craving.